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Women Senators For The 113th Congress

At January 2011, there were 17 women serving in the 100-person body. For four states, California, Washington, Maine, and New Hampshire, both senators were women. California's two senators (Boxer and Feinstein) were the first two women to be elected to the U.S. Senate in the same election (in 1992) from the same state. Seven female senators had previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives—a distinction long held by only Margaret Chase Smith—Sens. Mikulski, Boxer, Snowe, Lincoln, Stabenow, Cantwell, and Gillibrand.

From January 2013, the number of serving women senators will increase to 20, of whom 16 are Democratic, whilst the remaining four are Republican. Republican Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas) and Olympia Snowe (Maine) did not seek re-election, while five new women senators were elected: Republican Deb Fischer (Nebraska) and Democrats Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin), Heidi Heitkamp (North Dakota), Mazie Hirono (Hawaii) and Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts).

Class State Name Party Prior Experience First took
office		 Born
3 Alaska Lisa Murkowski Republican Alaska House of Representatives 2002 1957
1 California Dianne Feinstein Democratic President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Mayor of San Francisco 1992 1933
3 California Barbara Boxer Democratic Marin County Board of Supervisors, U.S. House of Representatives 1993 1940
1 Hawaii Mazie Hirono Democratic U.S. House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, Hawaii House of Representatives 2013 1947
2 Louisiana Mary Landrieu Democratic Louisiana House of Representatives, Louisiana State Treasurer 1997 1955
2 Maine Susan Collins Republican Deputy Maine Treasurer; gubernatorial nominee 1997 1952
3 Maryland Barbara Mikulski Democratic Baltimore City Council, U.S. House of Representatives 1987 1936
1 Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren Democratic None 2013 1949
1 Michigan Debbie Stabenow Democratic Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, U.S. House of Representatives 2001 1950
1 Minnesota Amy Klobuchar Democratic-Farmer-Labor Hennepin County Attorney 2007 1960
1 Missouri Claire McCaskill Democratic Missouri House of Representatives, Jackson County Legislature, Jackson County, Missouri Prosecutor, State Auditor of Missouri 2007 1953
1 Nebraska Deb Fischer Republican Nebraska Legislature 2013 1951
2 New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen Democratic New Hampshire Senate, Governor of New Hampshire 2009 1947
3 New Hampshire Kelly Ayotte Republican New Hampshire Attorney General 2011 1968
1 New York Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic U.S. House of Representatives 2009 1966
2 North Carolina Kay Hagan Democratic North Carolina Senate 2009 1953
1 North Dakota Heidi Heitkamp Democratic North Dakota Attorney General, North Dakota Tax Commissioner 2013 1955
3 Washington Patty Murray Democratic Washington Senate 1993 1950
1 Washington Maria Cantwell Democratic Washington House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives 2001 1958
1 Wisconsin Tammy Baldwin Democratic Wisconsin State Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives 2013 1962

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